Modern Art
The last of the fine arts
Hockney insisted on doing exactly as he pleased — and his cigarettes were as much a part of his artistic philosophy as his paintbrush.
When modern art crossed the Channel
How British culture belatedly embraced radical modernism
Life stories, writ large
Remarks on the history of modern tattoos
Art sales slump
Real world issues have quenched the post-COVID euphoria
The Warburg refurbished
The institute used to feel intellectually introverted
The end of art critics
The critics who are now lackeys of the art world
Sean Scully in France
He’s been showered with honours and awards — yet plenty of people can’t stand his work
Out with the old and in with the new
People are asking why the classic art market has declined — and will it recover?
The right must learn from modern art
Marcel Duchamp’s rule-breaking provides real lessons for the right
The elephant in the avant-garde
The totalitarian trend in Modernism demands acknowledgement
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics
First time thrills
Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
Crisis? Watt crisis?
Renewable energy promises the gold at the end of a rainbow
Will Spain become a Protestant country?
How immigration is changing the religious dynamics of a traditional Catholic stronghold
Student Loans don’t add up
a fairer way out of a
disastrous policy mess
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
Talent and temptation
William Walton: Two symphonies
Britain and brutalism: listed, not loved
The visitor numbers and heritage status of the Southbank tell us nothing about what people actually want to look at
Campaigners should let assisted suicide go
There is no principled case for using the Parliament Acts to squeeze through assisted suicide